Devil's Castle Explained

Teufelsschloss
Other Name:Devil's Castle
Elevation M:1303
Prominence M:1303
Location:NE Greenland National Park, Greenland
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Label Position:top
Coordinates:73.3719°N -25.4908°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]

The Devil's Castle (German: Teufelsschloss) is a conspicuous mountain rising above the Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord at the SE end of Andrée Land in eastern Greenland.[2] The feature is within the boundaries of Northeast Greenland National Park, currently the largest park on earth.

Geography

The Devil's Castle is a prominent mountain of reddish rock with a lighter stripe extending diagonally across its face. It is located within the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord about 100 km from the mouth, close to the southern side of Cape Petersens, the NW extremity of Ymer Island. It rises steeply from the shore of the first bend of the fjord, south of Eleonore Bay.[3]

This striking and easily noticeable mountain was named Teufelschloss ("Devil's Castle" or "Devil's Palace") by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey that first surveyed and partially explored the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in 1869–70.

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Notes and References

  1. [Google Earth]
  2. Web site: Teufelsschloss. Mapcarta. 16 April 2016.
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120